Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Betty White said elsewhere, not written here
Being an incurable workaholic.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2010 source ↗

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My distractibility, diminishing memory, and capacity for sustained concentration. My English master once said I had the brain of a butterfly. I feel that 40 years later, I’ve evolved into Dory from Finding Nemo.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗
Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Biting my nails.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2019 source ↗

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